Improvement in plows



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 6,611, dalted July 31,1849.

To all whom it mcy concern'.-q I

Be it known that I, JOHN RICH, of Troy, in

the county oflensselaerand State of N ew York,

have invented a. new und Improved Mode of Constructing P lows; and l dohereby declare that the following is e full and exact description of thesame, reference beingr had to the accompanying drawings Figure l beinga, perspective view, Fig. 2 n. bottom' View, and Fig.3 a back end View,ofthe same.

My improvement consists in the mode ofcon structing the bed (ornose-piece) of u plow for the securing of the mold-board thereto, andot' the manner of securing,r the handles, thereby rendering' it simpleand cheap of construction, the whole being made of castor wrought iron,with the except-ion of the handles. i Ais the bed of theplow,(represented in Fig.2, and ina. detached view at Fig. 4,) which has n,slot, a, and/admits of e projecting knob, b, on the mold-board B. vThisprojection is in the shape of u dovetail, (or double hook,) and slips inthe slot a, therebylrmly securing the moldboard to the bed by meansofthe wedge d, scid wedge answering the double purpose of'ulso securingthe lower ends of the' handles in n. socket of the bed, as represented.

I will now proceed to describe the manner ofV securing the handles.

C is a. brace which secures thelmold-board to the lundside, this beingfurnished with a hook,

e, forming, in a manner, n mortise for the reception ot' one of thehandles, while the other is secured by means of a projection on thebeam, as utf, Fig..l, the handles being made fast by means of awedge-piece, g, which is held in place by pins, there heilig pins drivenin the handles directly in front of the bruce C, to prevert the'ha-ndlesfrom drawing out, as shown at The movable part of' the lendside issecured by means well known, and therefore need not be described.

Having thus described and represented my construction of plow, what Iclaim es new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

l. The manner of forming the bed of u plow with a socket for thedmissionot' the handles, and securing the mold-board tothe bed A by means of theknobs b, the one wedge d serving,` the double purpose of retainin g themold-board and lower ends of the handles in place, in the mannerdescribed and represented.

2.\So constructing' the brace O as to ineke u rm rest and fasteningforthe handles, thereby rendering un effectual and simple fastening' forthe handles ofaJ plow, the whole being arranged substantially as setforth. I

JOHN Eiern Witnesses:

E. L. BRUNDAGE, S. S. STONE.

